Polyneuropathy
Polyneuropathy (poly- + neuro- + -pathy) is damage or disease affecting peripheral nerves (peripheral neuropathy) in roughly the same areas on both sides of the body, featuring weakness, numbness, and burning pain.[1]
It usually begins in the hands and feet and may progress to the arms and legs. Sometimes it will spread to other parts of the body where it may affect the autonomic nervous system.
Diabetes and some types of Guillain–Barré syndrome can cause this disease.[2][3][4]
Polyneuropathy Media
Action potential propagation in myelinated neurons is faster than in unmyelinated neurons (left)
Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID
Micrograph of a muscle biopsy
Ball-and-stick model of the anti-inflammatory drug methylprednisolone.
References
- ↑ Polyneuropathies. Medical information about polyneuropathy | Patient (in en-GB). Patient. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ↑ Richard A C Hughes. Clinical review: Peripheral neuropathy. British Medical Journal 324 (7335) (23 February 2002). p. 466–469. doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7335.466.
- ↑ Janet M. Torpy. Patient page: Peripheral neuropathy. Journal of the American Medical Association 303 (15) (21 April 2010). p. 1556. doi:10.1001/jama.303.15.1556.
- ↑ Peripheral neuropathy fact sheet (19 September 2012)National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
